lijp

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly from the Yiddish surnames לייפּ (leyp), לייב (leyb), if originally used as a slur against Jews. Related to the surnames Leib, Leip, and Löwe, all with the meaning "lion."

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯p

Adjective

lijp (comparative lijper, superlative lijpst)

1. foolish, crazy
2. dangerous, risky

Inflection

Declension of lijp
uninflected	lijp
inflected	lijpe
comparative	lijper
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		lijp	lijper	het lijpst het lijpste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lijpe	lijpere	lijpste
	n. sing.	lijp	lijper	lijpste
	plural	lijpe	lijpere	lijpste
definite		lijpe	lijpere	lijpste
partitive		lijps	lijpers	—

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Leib”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 417.

Anagrams

• pijl